NAP implementation: 57 people arrested so far on charges of terror financing

All cases filed in Punjab, none in other provinces, FATA or AJK

ISLAMABAD: At least 57 persons have been arrested on charges of terror financing under the ongoing National Action Plan (NAP), according to official statistics.

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, in a written statement shared with the Senate recently, said from a total of 41 cases registered in Punjab, 57 persons have been found involved in terror financing, 26 have been fined and 14 are still under investigation. These statistics are based on terror financing cases registered by Counter Terrorism Department.

“No case has been registered within Islamabad during 2014-2015, under NAP against any person on the charges of providing financial assistance to terrorists,” Nisar said.

On the other hand, neither of the provinces – Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan – nor Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Azad Kashmir have reported any arrests in terror financing cases so far.

In Gilgit-Baltistan, a total of 31 cases have been registered in the Diamer district since the start of NAP and 28 persons have been arrested in connection with providing shelter and meals to terrorists and their cases have been finalised.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 3^rd, 2016.